shā

kill, slaughter, murder; hurt; to pare off, reduce, clip

DEFINITIONS

殺 shā
  • to kill
  • to murder
  • to attack
  • to weaken or reduce
  • to smart (dialect)
  • (used after a verb) extremely

WORDS

zhǎn shā to behead
時間是把豬刀 shí jiān shì bǎ shā zhū dāo lit. time is a butcher's knife; fig. time marches on, relentless and unforgiving; nothing gold can stay
àn shā to assassinate
bàng shā to bludgeon to death; (fig.) to defeat sb by publicly criticizing them
qiāng shā to shoot dead
cán shā to massacre; to slaughter
者 cán shā zhě killer; butcher; slaughterer
一儆百 shā yī jǐng bǎi lit. kill one to warn a hundred (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others; pour encourager les autres
一警百 shā yī jǐng bǎi variant of 殺一儆百|杀一儆百[sha1 yi1 jing3 bai3]
人 shā rén homicide; to murder; to kill (a person)
人不眨眼 shā rén bù zhǎ yǎn to murder without blinking an eye (idiom); ruthless; cold-blooded
人不過頭點地 shā rén bù guò tóu diǎn dì It's all exaggeration, you don't need to take it seriously; a fuss about nothing; nothing to write home about
人如麻 shā rén rú má lit. to kill people like scything flax (idiom); fig. to kill people like flies
人放火 shā rén fàng huǒ to kill and burn (idiom); murder and arson
人未遂 shā rén wèi suì attempted murder
人案 shā rén àn murder case; homicide case
人案件 shā rén àn jiàn (case of, incident of) murder
人犯 shā rén fàn murderer; homicide
人狂 shā rén kuáng homicidal maniac
人越貨 shā rén yuè huò to kill sb for his property (idiom); to murder for money
人鯨 shā rén jīng killer whale (Orcinus orca)
傷 shā shāng to kill or injure
傷力 shā shāng lì destructive power; harmfulness
價 shā jià to beat down the price; to haggle; to slash one's prices
出重圍 shā chū chóng wéi to force one's way out of encirclement; to break through